Makes a complete and detailed description of the subject matter and/or elements seen in a work.
Makes a detailed description of most of the subject matter and/or elements seen in a work.
Makes a detailed description of some of the subject matter and/or elements seen in a work.
Descriptions are not detailed or complete.
Analysis
Accurately describes several dominant elements or principles used by the artist and accurately relates how they are used by the artist to reinforce the theme, meaning, mood, or feeling of the artwork.
Accurately describes a couple of dominant elements and principles used by the artist and accurately relates how these are used by the artist to reinforce the theme, meaning, mood, or feeling of the artwork.
Describes some dominant elements and principles used by the artist, but has difficulty describing how these relate to the meaning or feeling of the artwork.
Has trouble picking out the dominant elements.
Interpretation
Forms a somewhat reasonable hypothesis about the symbolic or metaphorical meaning and is able to support this with evidence from the work.
Student identifies the literal meaning of the work.
Student can relate how the work makes him/her feel personally.
Student finds it difficult to interpret the meaning of the work.
Evaluation
Uses multiple criteria to judge the artwork, such as composition, expression, creativity, design, communication of ideas.
Uses 1-2 criteria to judge the artwork.
Tries to use aesthetic criteria to judge artwork, but does not apply the criteria accurately.
Evaluates work as good or bad based on personal taste.
Determining Historical Context & Significance
CATEGORY
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Characteristics
Student identifies multiple significant characteristics that distinguish this artist\'s work or school/period from others and uses these to recognize other works by this artist.
Student identifies multiple significant characteristics that distinguish this artist\'s work or this school/period from others.
Student identifies 1 or 2 significant characteristics that distinguish this artist\'s work or this school/period from others.
Student cannot identify characteristics that distinguish this artist\'s work or period/school.
Influence of culture
Student is able to give several detailed examples of how the time period(s) in which an artist lived influenced his/her work.
Student is able to give a couple of examples of how the time period(s) in which an artist lived influenced his/her work.
Student is able to give one example of how the time period(s) in which an artist lived influenced his/her work.
Student has difficulty describing how the time periods in which artists lived influenced their work.
Artwork Analysis
Determining Historical Context & Significance